2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
Whereas, on July 7, 2015, Capitol Police Officer Chris Litzkow responded to a report of a man down on the 100 block of State Street; and
Whereas, Officer Litzkow heard that the subject was in possession of drug paraphernalia and likely the victim of a heroin overdose; and
Whereas, Officer Litzkow retrieved the medical bag from his squad car and administered Naloxone via intranasal syringe; and
Whereas, with the subject unconscious, not breathing, and blue in the face and lips, Officer Litzkow attempted to arouse the subject with verbal encouragement and sternum rubs; and
Whereas, Officer Litzkow turned the patient over to Madison Fire and Rescue personnel upon their arrival; and
Whereas, the patient became conscious and alert within a couple of minutes of the administration of the Naloxone; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin legislature applauds the fast action of Officer Litzkow in saving a man near death; and, be it further
Resolved, That the Wisconsin legislature commends the Capitol Police Department for its foresight in implementing the Naloxone program in response to the increasing problem of heroin use in our state, and directs the chief clerk to provide copies of this resolution to Officer Litzkow and the chief of the Capitol Police.
